Archive by category Document Management

Guest post by Jeff Pickard, President and CEO of Lucion Technologies, makers of FileCenter. No matter what size or type of business you run, chances are, you’re overwhelmed with incoming files – both paper and electronic documents. It generally starts slowly – an email here, a receipt there, incoming invoices and customer correspondence, and before […]

I have a drawer in my desk that stores all my paper documents. Every time I get a document that I need to keep I put it in a folder in this drawer. I also have some files in a book shelf. I also have some files in a bin in my basement. My paper […]

When a team collaborates on a project, often there are multiple versions of the same document in play at any given time. One team member spends hours updating a document, only to find another version has been underway by another team member. Options like Google Drive require actively sharing the document with the appropriate team […]

Apple announced the addition of iWork for iCloud to its growing set of cloud-based services at this year’s WWDC in San Francisco. Released in beta this past August, but then throttled back due to overwhelming response, the cloud-based iWork suite comprises three products: Numbers, Pages and Keynote. They are quite similar in form and function […]

Cloud computing is quickly becoming a staple of technology, especially in business. Having access to files anywhere, anytime is a necessity and allows for a more fluid and capable business. However, the ability to couple this technology with others, such as geolocation technology, will create new opportunities for developing apps and programs that change the […]

Organizing and managing expenses can be a cumbersome task for small businesses where each team member wears many hats. Yet, some sense of order for battling the chaos is necessary, regardless of company size. There are just too many receipts to record, too many business expenses to remember and too many miscellaneous purchases that take […]

Dropbox is so popular (heck I have over 200GB of storage space on Dropbox) that I think very soon it’s going to be a DEFAULT for every online service to integrate with Dropbox. If I have a video stored on Dropbox, why can’t I seamlessly share it on Facebook with no upload needed. If I […]

A key area to success in business is keeping contacts, emails and appointments organized. It can, however, become a daunting and time-consuming task. Applications that can ease and speed up the process are worth investigating. Newer and more seasoned companies offer services to ease your organizational ills. Take Plaxo, an experienced team that has provided […]

Papers are everywhere. My desk is full of them, and you probably also have your share of papers sprawled all over the place on a busy day. There’s just so much to do that sometimes you don’t find the time to file them neatly into categorized indexes. Tracking expenses and receipts is probably the most […]

When Superstorm Sandy hit New Jersey in October 2012, roughly 8.5 million customers were without power. In some areas, it was for weeks and even months. Over 19,000 businesses sustained damages of $250,000 or more with a total loss to area businesses of $8.3 billion. Tragic as it was, this was just one state facing […]